should I opt ETE in IIEST or go for top 5 nits civil,mech,chemical......?

I wanted to give gate and ESE and join good PSUs or eng services

I want best placement opportunities,in tech field.

And a decent enough college life.

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I shortlisted these final 5 . There's high possibility that i might go for mba that's why kept dtu chem relatively chill branch with good college life .

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Need some honest advice from IIEST seniors 🙏

I might get Civil at IIEST Shibpur, but my main interest is coding/programming and I want to go into tech/software roles in the future.

So I wanted to ask:

1. Is taking Civil at IIEST worth it if my interest is mainly in coding?
2. Do Civil students get opportunities to sit for tech placements?
3. Roughly what percentage of software companies allow core branches?
4. Are there seniors from Civil who cracked good tech roles/off-campus?
5. How hard is it to manage coding along with Civil academics there?
6. Or should I consider a partial double drop while taking Civil at IIEST Shibpur, considering my main interest is coding/tech?

Would really appreciate honest opinions from current students/alumni. thanks!

P.S. used AI to organize this whole mess of thoughts or questions properly

I’m looking for a college experience that prioritizes a high-growth environment over fancy infrastructure. My goal is to build startups or join high-risk ventures to gain maximum experience rather than chasing financial stability. I’m also considering moving abroad for higher studies to scale these ventures. ( i got 98.5 percentile would be getting in csab round , 3328 EWS ) - This post will be more biased towards CSE not college ingeneral

I’d appreciate your insight on a few things:

1. Higher Education : Are professors generally supportive when it comes to providing Letters of Recommendation (LORs) for students aiming for foreign universities? How often students go for foreign ?

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2. Hackathons: How frequent and competitive are they? I’m eager to participate in as many as possible. Codechef , leetcode competions among college peers ?

3.Clubs & Societies: how are societies and clubs , how can i form one ? , and how much "politics" should I expect within student organizations? Is there non-bengali prejudice ( I'm from UP ) ?

4. Student Culture: Do people generally engage in extracurriculars and innovation, or is the focus strictly on campus placements? ... Do alumnies connects between themselves and good ties with college ?

5.Support for Ventures: I’m looking for a driven crowd. Is the mindset there geared toward building things and exploring?

6.Flexibility & Autonomy: How lenient are the attendance rules for national competitions? Can i organize competitions using my own network

7.Campus life and infra -

I’ve heard that the infrastructure isn’t that great, so how is it actually in reality? Also, is it safe and allowed to roam around the campus at night? I’m curious about nearby places for short trips and whether students usually go out and travel together. How’s the peer group overall and the general culture around hanging out or planning trips? I’d also like to know about the major fests/events (their names and when they usually happen). Lastly, how are the hostels, and will the new 1000-seater accommodation be available for freshers this year?

8. Future Potential : how much is gap , we future juniors can cover to get this college new heights ... what are major problems that we as coming students community can improve and manage ..

9.. *Expectation* : What you guys ( seniors ) expect from us ( batch of 30 ) ?

10 .. Lastly, what would you say are the **top 5 pros and cons** you’ve personally experienced during your time there?

( edit - i promise that if i and my peers get into this college , i would work very shit to get this college its golden era back , i just need support of your seniors )

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wanted to know if companies like Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank, and BNY Mellon allow students with one drop year during placements. do companies reject them, or does the placement cell restrict eligibility?

if anyone have placemet stats n arrange manner like students median package and percentage etc

and pls tell abt hostel,food , placement , clg life ,other factor

coding clubs culture and

I am SC dropper male from west bengal last year i scored only 11%ile in april and didnt gave jan attempt
i had 77% in boards 2025 i never studied for JEE i was unaware about it untill 12th mid term exam and all i am from a lower middle class family no one is even 12th pass in my family ill be the 1st one who will join college
our yearly income is 4 LPA
i have to support my family by earning money in drop year yes i am not joking so i used to get less time for studying (only at night used to watch prayas lectures from PW but later got distracted)

i am a resident of West Bengal gave WBJEE 2025 and it went bad too was getting Barch in Jadavpur University so you can understand how much bad marks i scored
i took drop in 2026 and still didnt made it got only 83.7%ile in mains jan and got burnt out till april only 45%ile but within that time i was studying for Advanced was building important concepts and all
ik adv is there but to be honest cuz i am sc and qualified but to be honest i think its impossible for me even i need very less score

so i saw a video of a youtuber who was discussing csab opening closing ranks
i got to know about csab and jossaa few days back only.....
so i was searching it yearwise and i know that there is 50% seats reserved for respective home state students of that NIT
i first checked JOSAA and my sc rank is 14000 so its impossible as last to last i saw 12000 sc ranks are being alloted to JOSAA
so next i checked CSAB and here i came to know that i have a lot of options to be honest
i am getting various IIITs like
IIIT Kalyani
IIIT Ranchi
IIIT Bhagalpur
IIIT Surat
IIIT Bhopal
IIIT Manipur
IIIT Kottyam
IIIT Dharwad
but after seeing their fees, i stepped back
i am also getting Maths and computing in BIT Mesra but again fees issue

but when i checked for NITs
i saw NIT Durgapur Biotech was closed for SC other state at like 2 lakh 20 thousand rank but sadly i havent seen any home state SC seats are being taken by any
so i think NIT Durgapur is far fetched
the next i saw IIEST Shibpur there i saw in 2025 someone with 225000 rank being SC other state got metallurgy male and another person SC other state got mining at 220000 rank
so i have crl rank of 256000 what are my chances of getting into metallurgy and mining being home state do i have a chance as i saw no one taking SC home state seat

Asking for a friend. Also what are core opportunities and how heavy is the academic load in final years?

If we get a back in an odd/even semester, will we have to clear it in the next odd/even semester or in the next semester itself? My friend got a back in the 1st semester and cleared it in the next supplementary exam. Please help

For a first-year student seeking to explore Kolkata and foods in one day after end-semester exams, I want recommendation :